Two-hole button



April 20 1926. 1,581,706

F. R. WHITE TWO-HOLE BUTTON Filed Nov. 16. 1925 Inventor: Fmmk Zin R .Whii'e,

5 New 7 controlled and located,

Patented Apr. Ztl, 1926.

FRANKLIN R.- WHITE, or WATERIBURY, oomvnorrcnr,

. coivrrecrrour,

BUTTON COMPANY, NECTIGUT.

Application filed November T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN It. WHITE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at lVaterbury, in the county of Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in ilhvo-Hole Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful 10 in'iprovements in two hole buttons and more particularly to buttons that are so 0011? structed that they may be placed in a button sewing machine, and due to their peculiar construction, the buttons will be so 15 guided, controlled and located while within the machine that the holes in the buttons will be directly under the needle or needles.

In most instances when buttons are used with automatic sewing machines, it is nec- 20 essary to provide a more or less complicated mechanism to grasp the button, jar it, or partly revolve it until the holes will be in perfect alignment with the needle or needles.

The present invention has to do with forming a button, the hub of which is so out Or shaped that when the button is placed in the button sewing machines, and the button passes down the chute, it will be guided, due to the shape of the hub and to certain co-operating mechanism of the machine (not shown).

The present application is a companion case of several others filed by me of even date herewith, to wit, Serial Nos. 69,319; 69,320; 69,321 and 69,322.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved button, the dotted lines showing the slot or groove formed in the under surface of the hub.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under surface of the button.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a circular button comprising the body portion 1, which is 033 WATER/BURY,

assrelvon. TO THE PATENT -A CORPORATION or CON- TWO-HOLE reurroiv.

16, 1925. Serial No. 69,318.

slightly depressed as at 2, and the downwardly extending hub 3, the hub merging at its upper portion with the body as may be clearly seen in the several views.

Th s hub 3 is circular in outline, and is provided with the groove or slot a which extends completely across the hub and its purpose is to engage a finger or a lug or a pro ection 111 an automatic button Inaclnne, so that as the button is fed from the machine the groove 4% will properly position, guide, or in other words, control the path of movement of the button to the needle or needles.

As may be clearly seen from the several views, 1 provide two holes 5 extending through the hub of the buttons as these buttons are of the two-hole sew-0n type, and these holes are to be located-on the opposite sidesof this groove, and if a line is drawn at right angles to the groove at the center of the hub, it will pass through the centers of the two holes 5.

This ,button may be formed of wood, metal, bone or other suitable material, as the particular material of which it is formed does not enter into the invention.

It will also be understood that the shape of the body 1 is not important, nor the depth of the rim, but it is important that the hub project below the undersurtace of the rim, that the hub be circular in outline, that the small groove or slot extend completely across the hub, and that the holes be located as above described.

It will also be understood that a button formed in this manner may be placed in an automatic button sewing machine so that when the groove or slot cooperates with a part of the button sewing machine, the button will be correctly guided to its point of attachment with the garment.

Many slight changes might be made without in any way departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

\ Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and ters Patent is 1. A two hole button comprising a body portion and a circular hub, a groove extending across the center of the hub and between said holes and at right angles to a line drawn through the centers of said holes desire to secure by Letthe said groove adapted to guide and control the button when placed in a button sewing machine.

2. A button comprising a body portion and a hub circular in outline, a groove extending across the hub, the hub provided "with two holes, said groove positioned at right angles to a line drawn through the centers of said holes and the said holes 10- outed diametrically opposite each other and on the opposite side of the center of the button and on the opposite side of the said groove, the said groove adapted to guide and control the button when in a button sewing machine.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANKLIN R. WHITE. 4 

